Choosing the Best Fleet Management System in Africa

As simple as the title of fleet manager
sounds, their job entails a lot of work. In between monitoring driver
productivity, ensuring safety and compliance, they also need to find ways to
reduce costs without limiting productivity and efficiency. Therefore, it is
important to choose the fleet management system best suited to your fleet and
organisational needs, in order to assist the fleet manager with daily
operations. Read more on becoming a great
fleet manager.

Despite popular belief, it is not true that
all fleet management systems work the same. While they may all be giving
vehicle operating data, they all differ in the quality of information, their
software, and packages – meaning the difference is in the type of data
accessible to customers, the way it is transmitted and key features of the
software.

Why
Choose Geotab as your Fleet Management Solutions Provider?

1. Easy to Use Fleet Management Software

Geotab’s web-based fleet management platform, MyGeotab,
has a user-friendly, feature-filled interactive interface. It is available to
all Geotab customers and can be accessed remotely through a web-enabled
computer, laptop or mobile phone.

2. Accurate Real-Time Insight on Driver Behaviour

To relay data, MyGeotab relies on a patented
curve logging algorithm. This type of logging offers accurate real-time insight
into your drivers’ on-road performance, recording every turn, curve, and stop.
In addition, fleet managers can access detailed reports on vehicle performance
such as fuel usage and speeding. This enables fleet managers to
understand how fuel consumption is impacted by driving habits, and implement
improvements. Read more on how to run
a report on MyGeotab.

3. Optimally Deploy Fleets with the Route Optimization Tool

The route optimization tool on MyGeotab
helps fleet managers to find the most efficient and cost-effective routes to be
used by drivers when delivering. This allows drivers to avoid traffic, long
routes and make deliveries on time while saving their own operating time and avoiding
fuel wastage.

4. Improve Driver Safety with In-Vehicle Driver Coaching Assistance

The MyGeotab software incorporates an Exception Rules feature that allows
fleet managers to create interactive alerts that can help drivers identify
and improve driving behaviour. The alerts can be initiated for excessive
speeding, idling time and harsh braking. When the rules are broken, both fleet
managers and drivers are notified via email, in-app or through the use of an
in-vehicle audible beep. Read more on how to prevent
dangerous driver behaviour with exception rules.

5. Enhance Driver Safety through the Accident Detection Feature

In order to assist drivers in preventing accidents,
Geotab’s GPS vehicle tracking software has an accident detection feature. The
patented technology identifies vehicle in-reverse motions and gives drivers a
reminder to be extra cautious during this activity.

6. Expandable Enough to Meet Any Fleet Need

Geotab’s fleet management system allows for
expandability by integrating add-ons and third-party applications, which you
can access via the Geotab
Marketplace. This means that fleet managers can further enhance
productivity by installing third-party applications like Fleetio, which allows them to
manage assets, maintenance, fuel usage, and driving behaviour. Fleet
managers can also use add-ons like the GOTALK, which uses text-to-speech
technology to enable managers to issue directives without drivers having to
touch the phone.

7. Optimal Data Security

In terms of data security, Geotab ranks
among the most trusted brands in the world. To ensure data security, privacy,
and integrity, a cryptographic module has been embedded within the GO7 vehicle
tracking device. This means that Geotab uses a combination of in-cab hardware
and firmware to implement cryptographic functions such as encryption and
authentication to every solution transmitted between the vehicle and the GO7
vehicle tracking device, giving customers full power and control over their own
data. Read more about our military-grade
encryption validated by the U.S. and Canadian Governments.

8. Multiple Customer Support Platforms

Systems failure is very common. Geotab
offers both technical and non-technical support, through multiple platforms, for
any issues faced by the fleet management system user. These platforms include: